The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-04-27

i1"Pon9ioio ,tione lOf the Ills we bear.
Captain Tillman's speech, April 20
1856: "Oh, it is pitiful that in the shor
space OF ten years the purity OF motive
ardent patriotism and useful devotion tC
duty, which made possible the redcmp
tion OF the State in '7G, should be suc
ceeued by tins political leprosy which
e now pGrmGates our entire government
iaDrlc. In his letter of the DIST ol
February Captain Tillman saws the
eleven lawyers in the Senate ''should
have deferred to the opinions and wishes
Oh inc farmers outside of the Senate.
? who had met twice in convention and
asked certain things, rather than to the
partisans and tools within it," In his
letter OF March u, he says, in regard to
a. resolution offered in his April conycn-
tion, cts adoption followed az matter,
Oh course, and proved nothin ng," and
tilat n report of its committee ON resolu-
| tlohs IS such evidence us neg 20 gradu-
'te would not produce in n trit.l iustice's
court Captain Tillman SAYS, after
governor Ihompson's address, he arose
ana denounced the charge that he had
hauc accusations of maladmnistration
"n.l extravaganza against the State
olilccrs as lie. The News end Courier
reports Mr.. Prince, of Anderson, as say
ing; "Lho charges were specifically
nn"uc III the remarks of MIR. Gilman -
NIr' Iillman Is reported nos us de-
nouncinS the accusation as a lis but in
terrogatiug Mr.. Prince as follows: SIN
what portion?' The News and Courier
reports that after Governor Thompson's
address "Fnrmcr Tillman arose in his
seat and said he desired TO stamp out n
lie, but 1t was to the effect thu he had
accused the State officials Of bribery
and corruption" Captain Tillman com
plains about small surplus which was
III the treasury. The outstanding obi
cations OF the State, bearing & per cent.
interest and requiring an anntlul levy OF
about S3Al, 300 to meet it, viii soon
commence maturing. If our treasury is
Nept amply prepared to meet cvcry
ooNSahon, (Which. to make assurance
doubiy sure, would require a small sur
pIus,) and the tone of public sentiment
IS preserved sound and healthy, we will
nc able to rcfn.,d these bonds 1T ( per
cent. and save the Taxpayers d, round
numbers $50, ,lJ3 per unnum.
captain lllIman says that q esolution
was passed 10y the April convention and
reiterated by the November convention
that the inspection of fertilizers is do
Icctivo and no adequate punishment
provided for fraud, aud that more fault
Is found with the bureau on this very
p"int than any other. In his atterlpts
10 if'c himself from the mrr CAPTAIN
ll.ImAh came much nearer than he sup
posed placing the board on soliG ground
II TINS is the chief cause of complaint
thcn the Dodr,, should not be ccnS,,rcd.
IN the commissioner report OF 1850 the
Legislature was urged to provide moro
Efficient legislation on this very point.
AZ Inc last session n bill to this effect
was carefully prepared in accord with
the recommendations OF Captain Till
man convention by the aid OF the agri-
cultural department officials, Lassel in
the senate and killed l. ,lc House"
Captain Iillman evidently thinks, in
expressing The opinion that the tendency
OF the homestead law was to dcbaucI
the financial into rity OF the peonlc and
the lien law calculated TO undermine
thclr independence and self. reliance, aud
afterwards saying that the farmers have
but two grounds Of complaint against
the Legislature, | have bccn lnconsist
ent. The homestead law was inaugu-
rated by the provisions of the Radical
Constitution. Tie lien law was enacted
long before the regime which | am de-
Tending and Captain Tillman attacking
and attempting to dcfamc was establish
cd. lho provisions OF the homestead
law are not confined to the farmers, and
there is no class injustice III the lien law.
the hardship hitherto experienced by
landlords having been rcmcdicd by the
pnouty lien law. There being no class
injustice i'll this legislation, / did not
consider them as special grievances to
Ihc iancrs--the farmers themselves be-
ing somewhat divided in their opinions
as to their propriety. The application
ol the llcehSc tax on guanos TO general
state purposes when 1T was exclusively
PAID by tho farmers, and the tax on their
otton and provisions III hand represent
ing their annual income, were class
grievances, and consequently just ground
OF complaint from the farmers as Il class
Captain 'illman says: "It is to be
presumed that Colonel Youmans expects
to be tlckled hereafter, not with money,
but with political influence and votes. "
lhc only proposition of this nature, or
any other, looking to any advantage
whatsoever to me personally was made
by Captain Illlman, who wrote to me
some time last spring as follows: "Isn't
1T about time for Farmer Youmans to
realize that he is behind the times, and
has missed an opportunity? You can
get in on the home stretch, if you start
now, and | will tell you how, if you will
run up to Augusta and let's have talk.
Write me word whether and when YOU
can come, appointing day." &c.
"Storekeeper" Youmans did not comply
with Farmer" and "Politician" Til
mans proposition he was not 50 anxious
to be tickled thereafter with political in
iiuCncc and votes as to embrace Iillman-
ism, even with the assuranccif he started
then he would "get in" OH the home
stretch. How man would make such
an insinuation against another, after
having written him such letter, can
only be explained upon the hypothesis
that it was done by politician who had
failed as planter, who had failed as o
lnancier, who was "blind and fell in the
ditch" Just how many of these news
paper contributors, who are attempting
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